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This beginner’s lesson covers time periods, content, finding aids, and how-to instructions for voting lists in the United States.


'''Why Use Voting Records?'''
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*[[Arkansas Voting Registers|Arkansas]]
*[[Arkansas Voting Records|Arkansas]]
*[[Colorado Voting Registers|Colorado]]
*[[Colorado Voting Records|Colorado]]
*[[Florida Voting Registers|Florida]]
*[[Florida Voting Records|Florida]]
*[[Idaho Voting Registers|Idaho]]
*[[Idaho Voting Records|Idaho]]
*[[Iowa Voting Registers|Iowa]]
*[[Iowa Voting Records|Iowa]]
*[[Kansas Voting Registers|Kansas]]
*[[Kansas Voting Records|Kansas]]
*[[Michigan Voting Registers|Michigan]]
*[[Michigan Voting Records|Michigan]]
*[[Minnesota Voting Registers|Minnesota]]
*[[Minnesota Voting Records|Minnesota]]
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*[[Mississippi Voting Registers|Mississippi]]
*[[Mississippi Voting Records|Mississippi]]
*[[Missouri Voting Registers|Missouri]]
*[[Missouri Voting Records|Missouri]]
*[[Nebraska Voting Registers|Nebraska]]
*[[Nebraska Voting Records|Nebraska]]
*[[New Mexico Voting Registers|New Mexico]]
*[[New Mexico Voting Records|New Mexico]]
*[[North Dakota Voting Registers|North Dakota]]
*[[North Dakota Voting Records|North Dakota]]
*[[Ohio Voting Registers|Ohio]]
*[[Ohio Voting Records|Ohio]]
*[[Oklahoma Voting Registers|Oklahoma]]
*[[Oklahoma Voting Records|Oklahoma]]
*[[Pennsylvania Voting Registers|Pennsylvania]]
*[[Pennsylvania Voting Records|Pennsylvania]]
*[[Tennessee Voting Registers|Tennessee]]
*[[Tennessee Voting Records|Tennessee]]
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*[[Texas Voting Registers|Texas]]
*[[Texas Voting Records|Texas]]
*[[Utah Voting Registers|Utah]]
*[[Utah Voting Records|Utah]]
*[[Virginia Voting Registers|Virginia]]
*[[Virginia Voting Records|Virginia]]
*[[Washington Voting Registers|Washington]]
*[[Washington Voting Records|Washington]]
*[[Wisconsin Voting Registers|Wisconsin]]
*[[Wisconsin Voting Records|Wisconsin]]
*[[Wyoming Voting Registers|Wyoming]]
*[[Wyoming Voting Records|Wyoming]]
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[[Category:United_States]][[Category:Voting Records]]
[[Category:United_States]][[Category:Voting Records]]

Revision as of 11:18, 29 October 2020

United States Wiki Topics
How do I research United States Voting Records?
Beginning Research
Record Types
United States Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources


County Election

Why Use Voting Records?

  • Learn the exact years an ancestor inhabited a place.
  • Find naturalization information (information on when your ancestor became a citizen).
  • Estimate year of immigration.
  • Locate ancestor in an unindexed census (esp. state census).
  • Find other family members.

Potential Contents

  • Name
  • Birth place
  • Address
  • Years living in city, county, state
  • Whether naturalized, date, court
  • Identifying marks
  • Social Security no.

Finding Voting Records

  • Place Search - FamilySearch Catalog: Search city, county, state.

Tips

  • Use compiled records, but graduate to the originals. The originals list people in the order they registered, so they may list your ancestor registering with relatives who have different surnames. From these originals are extracted the compiled records, which list voters alphabetically.
  • Find ancestor in all available voting lists:
    • More name variations
    • More addresses
    • More relatives at same address

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